Data Matching Specialist

About Andela: 

Andela Talent Cloud is the industry’s only unified solution to manage the complete global talent lifecycle. We help enterprises source, qualify, hire, manage, and pay global technical talent in one integrated platform.

Market leaders partner with Andela to help rewrite their workforce strategies to include global, remote talent from over 175 countries to scale their teams and deliver projects faster.

Andela Talent Cloud provides an intelligent, AI-driven platform that helps enterprises build remote-fluent teams from emerging geographies such as Africa and Latin America. Powerful AI-matching algorithms learn from thousands of data points in the hiring journey to pinpoint the best engineers up to 70% faster at 30 to 50% less cost than other hiring approaches. Andela caters to specialized disciplines such as Application Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, and Data & Analytics, with over 30 specific use cases. The world’s best brands trust Andela, including GitHub, Mastercard Foundry, ViacomCBS, and Mindshare.

About the Role:

We are seeking a Data Specialist Matcher to connect exceptional talent in Data fields with ideal clients. This role involves matching candidates in areas such as Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Science, Machine Learning Engineering, AI, and related fields. While expertise in all areas isn’t required, a willingness to learn and adapt is essential. Our team excels at understanding clients' needs in these high-demand fields, crafting recruitment strategies to identify the best matches. You'll leverage your technical knowledge and industry experience to attract top talent, ensuring a seamless fit for both candidates and clients.

This position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact by matching top-tier talent with cutting-edge roles in the dynamic fields of Data and AI. If you’re passionate about tech recruitment and thrive on innovation, we’d love to hear from you!

Our approach to matching goes beyond finding talent; we focus on deeply understanding client needs and creating customized recruitment strategies. Using industry expertise, we identify the specific skills and attributes required for each role to attract the best talent for our clients.

Responsibilities:

• Review and analyze resumes and applications to identify highly qualified candidates in Data and AI.
• Conduct technical interviews, assessing candidates’ proficiency in Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Science, Machine Learning Engineering, and AI.
• Coordinate and schedule interviews between candidates and hiring managers, ensuring alignment with the technical requirements of each role.
• Provide detailed feedback and recommendations to hiring managers regarding candidates' technical and cultural fit.
• Build and maintain a pipeline of top-tier talent in Data and AI for current and future job openings.
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and technological advancements in Data and AI recruitment.
• Collaborate closely with clients to understand their technical and strategic needs, helping them build and scale Data and AI-driven teams.
• Act as a consultant to clients, advising on talent acquisition strategies to meet project and business objectives.

Qualifications:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant IT field, such as Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or Software Engineering.
• Proven experience working with sales teams or in a client-facing role, demonstrating the ability to collaborate on talent matching for highly technical roles.
• Strong technical knowledge in at least one of the following areas: Data Engineering and Data Analytics (SQL, Big Data, ETL/ELT, Data Lakes/Warehouses) or Data Science and ML Engineering (ML models and pipelines, GenAI and LLMs, Statistics, SQL).
• Eagerness to expand knowledge in Data and AI domains and stay updated on field trends.
• Experience leading recruitment for technical teams, including remote interviews, technical feedback, and team fit assessments.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote setting with strong communication skills across locations and time zones.
• Background in fast-paced environments like startups or tech consultancies, with proven adaptability to evolving business needs.
• Experience in multicultural settings and collaborating with diverse teams, promoting inclusive hiring practices.
• Familiarity with collaborating with product and engineering teams to gather hiring requirements, offer feedback, and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Understanding of enterprise company cultures and experience sourcing talent for large-scale technical projects in Data and/or AI domains.

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Benefits

• Fully Remote work culture - we hire globally and all of our roles are fully remote!

• Bring your own device stipend - buy your own laptop with funds from Andela

• Flexible working hours

• Equity (as a part of the compensation package)

• Healthcare, 401k / pension (US only)

• Generous Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Compassionate Leave

And more to come! We're on a journey to reimagine global benefits at Andela.

At Andela, we outcompete through diversity. We know that our strengths lie in the multiplicity of talents, perspectives, backgrounds & orientations resident in our community and we take pride in that. Andela is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits discriminatory practices. Andela provides equal employment opportunities and workplace to all employees and applicants without regard to factors including but not limited to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy (including breastfeeding), genetic information, HIV/AIDS or any other medical status, family or parental status, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This commitment applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Our policies expressly prohibit any form of harassment and/or discrimination as stated above.
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